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Two of Aotearoa's most mind-mashing musical propositions — both on stage and on your home stereo system — turntablist / sampladelic guru Alphabethead (Bad Taste) and dungeon-techno mavericks Grecco Romank…

WHAT ARE MY THOUGHTS ON TONY? They say that the best biopics are ones that don’t factor in a person’s entire life but rather focus on a specific event or…

A star rating of 4 out of 5.High concept doesn’t always equal high quality – we like sharks! We like tornadoes! Job done! But in this instance “dinosaurs in the…

TV has always known how to make a hookup feel like an event (remember when Joey lost her virginity to Pacey and it was a defining moment in teen TV…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating…

Winner of the prestigious Taite Music Prize for her 2020 self-titled album, Tāmaki Makaurau songwriter Reb Fountain has had an extraordinarily productive decade so far by any stretch. In the…

For years, Vladimir Putin has insisted that an enormous $1.4 billion palace overlooking the Black Sea has nothing to do with him. His critics have spent more than a decade…

CIDCO firefighters carry out a difficult monsoon rescue operation at Pandavkada waterfall in Kharghar after a 24-year-old Panvel resident drowned while swimming beneath the falls | AI Generated File Image…

Tramell Tillman is going to play a big role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s future. And he can finally talk about it.  Tillman, who won an Emmy last year for…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating…